Skirt-marker.



J. ZELMAN.

' SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION mum MAY 21, 1910.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. ZBLMAN.

SKIRT MARKER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 21, 1910.

Patented A r. 11, 1911.

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zlmazz JOSEPH ZELMAN, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

SKIRT-MARKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn ZELMAN, a. citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at- El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State ofTexas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skirt-lVIarkers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skirt markers, and the object is to provide aconveying tube through which a quantity of marking powder can beejected, a clamping band being employed and formed to engage -the skirtto hold it so positioned against the conveying tube as to be subjectedto the full action of the powder.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:F igure 1 is a perspective view of my improved skirt marker. Fig. 2 isa detail section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similarview taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a detail elevation of aportion of a clamping band and the locking member for engagement withthe free terminal of the band. Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectionthrough the marker, parts being shown in full line.

The marker consists of a suitable table or support 1 which may be of anywell known design best adapted for the purpose intended. At one end thetable supports a bracket 2 which receives the guide 3 of a carrier 41,the said carrier being adjustable on the guide vertically thereof andformed to cooperate with the designating characters or degree marks 5, asuitable number of passages 6 according to the arrangement of the degreemarks being employed and designed for receiving the finger 7 of apivoted retaining dog .8 on the guide 3. A bracket 9 of U- form islocated directly in front of the bracket 2 and as illustrated, suchbracket supports a circular conveying tube 10 having an annular seriesof perforations 11 on its inner side. This conveying tube is con; nectedwith a central feed pipe 12 and with side branch pipes 13. The pipes 13at their lower extremities are disposed outside of the conveying tube10, and as illustrated, they open into such tube through connections 14.The connections 14 are arranged at the desired intervals on theconveying tube and those at the terminals of the pipes 13 are providedwith suitable removable plugs 15 to facilitate cleaning such pipes whende- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. May 21, 1910.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911. Serial No. 562,719.

sired. The upper ends of the pipes 12 and 13 open into a blastreceptacle 16 with which is connected a bulb 17 or the equivalentthereof. The top of the receptacle 16 supports a container 18 for themarking powder. This powder may be talcum powder, chalk or othersubstance which may be blown through the pipes 12 and 13 and into theconveying tube.

At the front the conveying tube is provided with a guide 19 throughwhich a bracket 20 on the table 1 extends. The bracket is graduated in amanner identical to that described for the bracket 2. The guide carriesa set screw 21 which is designed to engage the standard 20 to hold itrelatively fixed to the tube. By providing the front and rear standardsfor supporting the tube it will be seen that a very accurate adjustmentof the latter can be obtained and the tube will be braced to preventdamage thereto should it be stepped upon accidentally.

The front arm of the bracket 9 is forked for the reception of a bracket22. bracket has secured thereto one terminal of a circular leaf spring23, the opposite terminal being sl-idably associated with the guides 24of the bracket. The upper guide 241 of the bracket is notched, as shownat 25, to receive the nose 26 of a locking dog 27. This dog is pivotedto the front arm of the bracket 9 and is designed to be engaged in thenotch 28 in the free end of the leaf spring 23. In this manner thespring may be held contracted or under tension and it may be spacedsuit-ably from the conveying tube. The spring 23 adjacent'to the freeend thereof is provided with a suitable finger-hold 29 which may bemanipulated when it is desired to move the spring 23 under tension or toclose the same. The bracket 9 is slidable in a passage 30 in the table1, and as shown, the said table is provided with supports or legs 31 tohold the table spaced from the floor in use of the marker. Theconstruction of the marker herein described and shown is such that whenthe spring 23 is in a closed position it is spaced sufficiently from theconveying tube 10 to provide an annular face for the reception of thelower portion of the skirt.

In operation of the marker, the one 011 whom the skirt is to be markedstands centrally of the table 1 with the lower edge of the skirt betweenthe spring 23 and the tube This 10. These parts are then adjusted to thedesired extent and on releasing the dog 27 the spring 23 under expansionwill bear against the skirt to hold it yieldingly against the perforatedside of the conveying tube 10. When pressure is exerted on the bulb 17the desired quantity of marking powder will be blown into the pipes 12and 13 and thence into the conveying tube where it will be discharged byway of the perforations directly onto that portion of the skirt to bemarked. The conveying tube is provided with a removable plug 32 which isof a construction identical with the plugs 15 and when desired theoperator may remove these plugs and by the insertion of a wire or thelike into the tube and into the feed pipes they may be cleaned. Thebracket 9 is provided with an extension 33 in which a roller 3A ismounted. This roller is positioned to engage the free terminal of thespring 23 affording free movement of such terminal on release of the dog27 therefrom. The guide 2A is formed to provide a stop 35 against whichthe lug 36 on the free end of the band may be engaged to limit themovement of the free end of the spring under expansion.

I claim -1. A skirt marker comprising a support, an adjustableperforated conveying tube thereon, an expansible confining elementcarried by the support for holding the skirt against the perforated sideof the tube, a container for a marking substance, and feed means forfeeding the substance from the container to the said perforated tube.

2.- A skirt marker comprising a perforated tube, a spring clampconforming substantially in configuration with the tube and constructedfor clamping engagement with the skirt to hold it against the perforatedside of the tube, the clamp having a fixed end and a free end, and meanson the fixed end of the clamp engaging the said free end to hold theclamp out of engagement with the said perforated tube.

3. A skirt marker comprising a vertically adjustable perforated tube ofring form, a spring clamping member for engaging the skirt to hold thesame against the perforated side of the tube, a container for a markingsubstance, discharge connections between the container and theperforated tube, a substantially U-shaped member connecting the clampwith the tube, supporting means for the adjustable tube, and means forholding the tube in its adjusted position on the supporting means.

4. A skirt marker comprising a support, a vertically adjustable tubethereon, means adjustably supporting said tube upon said support, meansfor securing said tube in its adjusted position, a vertically adjustableclamp carried by the supporting means and spaced from the inner side ofthe tube and designed to engage the skirt to hold it against the tube, apowder receptacle, connections between the powder receptacle and thesaid tube, the said tube having discharge perforations therein openingdirectly upon the clamp, and force feed means operatively connected withthe powder receptacle to convey the powder to the tube.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH ZELMAN.

Witnesses:

JAMEs F. LEONARD, L. Rovo.

Copies .of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

